Pest & Disease Control for your Crop
Grassy shoot
Sugarcane
Symptoms
- This disease is characterized by the production of numerous small and thin tillers having narrow leaves.
- Diseased plants exhibit varying degrees of loss of chlorophyll, ranging from total green to white.
- Premature & excessive tillering gives a crowded appearance like ‘grass’ to the clump.
Preventive Measures
Control Measures
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
Or
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
Or
Description
- The disease appears nearly two months after planting.
- Sugarcane grassy shoot infection showed a marked effect on juice quality, sucrose was reduced from 17.50% (control) to 12.88% (infected).